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By making these data available to local public health officials in real time, most models of anthrax epidemics indicate that more than 80 % of an exposed population can receive antibiotic treatment before becoming symptomatic, and thus avoid the moderately high mortality of the disease.
On the other hand, raising the interest rate is often used in times of high economic growth as a contra-cyclical device to keep the economy from overheating and avoid market bubbles.
In southern California, coyotes frequently kill gray foxes, and these smaller canids tend to avoid areas with high coyote densities.
By repeatedly evaluating their course, and adjusting if they are moving in the wrong direction, bacteria can direct their motion to find favorable locations with high concentrations of attractants ( usually food ) and avoid repellents ( usually poisons ).
Dan Bahat, the former city archaeologist of Jerusalem, regards them as unsatisfactory, as there is no known Temple of Aphrodite matching Corbo's design, and no archaeological evidence for Corbo's suggestion that the Temple Building was on a platform raised high enough to avoid including anything sited where the Aedicule is now ; indeed Bahat notes that many temples to Aphrodite have a rotunda-like design, and argues that there is no archaeological reason to assume that the present rotunda wasn't based on a rotunda in the temple previously on the site.
The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th century Romney Marsh, where brandy and tobacco were brought in at night by boat from France to avoid high tax.
Furthermore, demand in the developing world for improved educational access is not as high as one would expect as governments avoid the recurrent costs involved and there is economic pressure on those parents who prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education.
These " politically neutral " groups tend to avoid global conflicts and view the settlement of inter-human conflict as separate from regard for nature-in direct contradiction to the ecology movement and peace movement which have increasingly close links: While Green Parties and Greenpeace, and groups like the ACTivist Magazine for example, regard ecology, biodiversity and an end to non-human extinction as absolutely basic to peace, the local groups may not, and may see a high degree of global competition and conflict as justifiable if it lets them preserve their own local uniqueness.
In the case of high power application it is important to avoid cavitation, caused by excessive negative pressure, as this can cause noise, a loss of power, and damage to the propeller.
Washington retreated north from the city to avoid encirclement, enabling Howe to take the offensive and capture Fort Washington on November 16 with high Continental casualties.
The high speed of the rum-runners enabled them to avoid interception by the Coast Guard.
The principal drawback of this approach is the high rate of false positive or equivocal levels due to the imprecision of the currently available meters: both physician and patient need an accurate understanding of what a meter can and cannot do to avoid frustrating and inconclusive results.
Hoping to avoid the sack of Rome herself, Emperor Valentinian III sent three envoys, the high civilian officers Gennadius Avienus and Trigetius, as well as the Bishop of Rome Leo I, who met Attila at Mincio in the vicinity of Mantua, and obtained from him the promise that he would withdraw from Italy and negotiate peace with the emperor.
Purists generally avoid referring to these systems as high fidelity, though some are capable of very good quality sound reproduction ..
Most high voltage insulators are designed with a lower flashover voltage than puncture voltage, so they will flash over before they puncture, to avoid damage.
Even peasants, who did not share the bonds of kinship and culture, would often avoid killing a nobleman, valuing the high ransom that a live capture could bring, as well as the valuable horse, armour and equipment that came with him.
Yet, such sauces tend to have high amounts of salt, sugar, other substances a person may wish or even need to avoid.
To avoid the solidification of local loyalties during a cadre's term in office, the central government freely and frequently transfers party cadres around different regions of the country, so a high ranking cadre's career might include service as governor or party secretary of several different provinces.
On the other hand, the prosecutor may wish to maintain a high conviction rate and avoid losing high-profile trials ; thus, settling a case by plea bargain may further his interests, even if the resulting sentence would not effectively deter crime.
The law initially imposed high taxes and employment restrictions, but it later revised these to avoid discouraging private-sector activity.
For example, range voting with truncated means is used in figure skating competitions to avoid the results of the third skater affecting the relative positions of two skaters who have already finished their performances ( the independence of irrelevant alternatives ), using truncation to mitigate biases of some judges who have ulterior motives to score some competitors too high or low.
For example, to avoid engine knocking ( aka pre-ignition or detonation ) and the related physical damage to the engine, the intake manifold pressure must not get too high, thus the pressure at the intake manifold of the engine must be controlled by some means.
" Nonetheless, care should be taken to use low power settings and avoid pulsed wave scanning of the fetal brain unless specifically indicated in high risk pregnancies.
Marie and Atlantic Railway as a means to get their product to the Great Lakes ports but avoid the high tariffs of Chicago.

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These are the issue of Royal Prerogative where the reigning monarch may continue to exercise power under certain very limited circumstances, Sovereign Immunity where they are considered to have done no wrong under the law, and may avoid both taxation and planning permission for example, and considerable ceremonial power where the executive, judiciary, police and armed forces owe allegiance to the Crown.
Government officials assert it can be used to facilitate money laundering, avoid taxation, and move wealth anonymously.
In some countries, black-market or " bathtub " vodka is widespread because it can be produced easily and avoid taxation.
* Tax deductions and tax credits are allowed to individual citizens in certain instances for income from foreign sources to avoid double taxation.
This was meant to encourage households to enroll for taxation and not avoid the authorities, thus providing the government with the most accurate estimate possible.
The administration from the Government of Ukraine retains formal control of Sevastopol's life ( such as of taxation and police ) and tries to avoid confrontation with the Black Sea Fleet command and pro-Russian groups.
An alternative definition uses job security as the measure of formality, defining participants in the informal economy as those ' who do not have employment security, work security and social security .” While both of these definitions imply a lack of choice or agency in involvement with the informal economy, participation may also be driven by a wish to avoid regulation or taxation.
Because of this, zero coupon bonds subject to U. S. taxation should generally be held in tax-deferred retirement accounts, to avoid paying taxes on future income.
Legend has it that the feral ponies on Assateague are descendants of survivors of a Spanish galleon that sank on its way to Spain during a storm in 1750 off the east coast, but the likelihood is that they are actually descended from domesticated stock, brought to the island by Eastern Shore farmers in the 17th century to avoid fencing requirements and taxation.
The Court's taxation decisions thus " reflected a central concern of the Framers that was an immediate reason for calling the Constitutional Convention: the conviction that in order to succeed, the new Union would have to avoid the tendencies toward economic Balkanization that had plagued relations among the Colonies and later among the States under the Articles of Confederation.
This misconception is strongly supported by the particular mechanism used to avoid VAT taxation for exported goods.
He protested against the United States Government for using the King James Bible in public schools, claiming that it was an attack on Catholic constitutional rights of double taxation, because Catholics would need to pay taxes for public school and also pay for the private school to send their children, to avoid the Protestant translation of the Bible.
True Finns have proposed more progressivity to taxes in order to avoid the establishment of flat taxation.
Typically, LLCs will choose to be taxed as a partnership to avoid double taxation, which occurs in corporations.
However, following the Jefferson reforms, like most merchant shipmen he became Canadian to avoid the double taxation system imposed on free enterprise.
* Criticism from the Left: TBL is viewed as an attempt by otherwise exploitative corporations to avoid legislation and taxation and generate a fictitious people-friendly & eco-friendly image for PR purposes.
Corporations are keen to avoid interference in their business through taxation or regulations.
Real estate investment trusts originated in the 1880s at a time when investors could avoid double taxation, or a tax at corporate and individual level.
By the early 19th century, most British horse carriages were equipped with springs ; wooden springs in the case of light one-horse vehicles to avoid taxation, and steel springs in larger vehicles.
Most countries have entered into bilateral double taxation treaties with many other countries to avoid taxing nonresidents twice — once where the income is earned and again in the country of residence ( and perhaps, for U. S. citizens, taxed yet again in the country of citizenship )— however, there are relatively few double-taxation treaties with countries regarded as tax havens.
This tax was introduced in 2006, through a reform that eliminated the " RISK-system ", which intended to avoid the double taxation of capital.
This is frequently done to avoid taxation on spirits.
* In the United States employer misclassification of employees as " independent contractors " to avoid employment taxation and regulation is widespread.
Shorter term assignments have lower costs, especially when they avoid taxation thresholds, so the recent trend has been more short-term assignments and extended business trips.

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